Kitchen Remodel Part 3: The Reveal!

Honestly, it was pretty pain.ful and em.bar.ras.sing to show you the before! UGH!

The remodel took nearly 2 1/2 months to complete,

was exciting, stressful, overwhelming and expensive. At times I thought I had walked through the gates of hell!

The existing cabinets were a product of a cheap remodel in the 50’s . Not worth reusing in the kitchen.

Drum Roll Please!

The Before….

The Before…

As you enter the kitchen from the main living area – the stove was right next to the doorway. Not cool!

This is the only area in the kitchen that I had cabinets. In the first photo I brought in a Hoosier cabinet to provide more storage area.

We did custom cabinetry, we wanted to squeeze out every inch of cabinetry that we could, so custom as the way to go. 95% of the bottom cabinets are drawers. Drawers are more space efficient than cabinets with pull out drawers. I also love how easy they are to use.

I did not have a dishwasher for nearly 20 years!!!!!! The dishwasher is located where the stove used to be.

The cabinets are Cherry wood with a dark Mahogany stain. I used this area as my baking center, all my baking supplies are stored in the smaller cabinet.

“Old” looking glass was put in to 2 of my largest cabinets, to help provide an open feel.

The back splash is a tin copper looking tile, and all the kitchen outlets were covered to match.

The Sink Area Before…

Moving the sink area to the corner from under the window opened up 6′ of counter space (left of sink).

My counter space went from having 4.5′ to 16.5′ feet of counter. What a difference!

Moving the sink from under the window to the corner provided a 5′ counter left of the stove. The majority of my food prep is done here.

Moving farther down Before!

The stove is pretty much where the refrigerator use to be. We extended cabinets from the stove all the way down to the window where the nook area stars.

All the cabinetry in the right of the stove is added storage that I did not have before.

Oak hardwood flooring was added throughout the kitchen.

The refrigerator was moved to the left side of the kitchen where the Hoosier cabinet use to be.

Went with a built in look, and also added the cabinets to the right of the refrigerator. The bottom door of the top cabinet houses my Kitchen Aid stand mixer. This area is just left to my baking center.

The bottom drawer is a vegetable bin for onions/potatoes etc.

I love the large chalkboard here, use it all the time.

I like to change things up a lot, so I choose Formica stone looking counter tops. I really don’t like granite.

Love vignettes that I see all across blogland. But as soon as I took the pictures, the vignettes were gone! I lived so long with so little counter space that I like them clear.

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You must be in heaven with all that extra storage and counter space. I’m looking into the Formica marble counter for my kitchen redecorate project. I can’t justify the expense of real stone and the new stuff looks pretty good. Were you happy with the look of the Formica when it was installed?

A fresh kitchen in the house makes the whole home feel new again. We spend so much time in our own kitchen, I can just imagine how much time you’ll be spending in yours! Enjoy your planning and hard work! The cabs look great! andrea@townandprairie

Cathy, your kitchen is gorgeous. I love the cabinets and the hardware you chose. I would love to cook my family meals in a kitchen as beautiful as yours. You must be thrilled to have the work completed.

Your kitchen is fabulous! I know you are loving all that counterspace now! I live in an old house with a very small kitchen. I don’t have a dishwasher right now either, so I’m dreaming of a kitchen addition/ renovation. I really like the way your Viking refrigerator looks, too.

Wow, what a change! I think you deserve such a beautiful kitchen after 20 years without a dishwasher! I’m on year #4 and the kitchen reno just got put off. Again. Can you tell me if custom was worth the extra money? Was it a lot more expensive? I hope you don’t mind my asking! Thanks for sharing your new kitchen with us!

What a wonderful kitchen transformation. I’m with you in not liking granite, so I love the calm counters you chose. You seem to have really thought through the location of all the appliances – it looks so functional now. I bet you enjoy cooking a lot more now.

What a beautiful transformation. I have an old house (1890) and am working on my kitchen right now. I intend to use the tin-look tiles for the backsplash, too. Love the look! Any tips? Thanks! (Just added you to my reading list. Looking forward to more.)

WOW!! What an amazing makeover, Cathy. I LOVE those cabinets. Like you, I put in mostly drawers on the bottom cabinets when I designed my kitchen and I love them. I’ll bet you are really enjoying this space to the max now.

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Cathy! It’s absolutely stunning! I saw on the 19th really quickly that you had revealed this and haven’t had time to get back to really thoroughly look through it til now…so busy! I didn’t even blog for 6 days! And I kept having it in the back of my head to get back here and look at your kitchen and am so glad I did this this a.m…..you should be sooooo proud! I love it! Homey, inviting, warm and TONS OF SPACE! Lucky you!
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Your new kitchen is fabulous! Looks like you saved the copper back splash from before? I love that! And love your color choices BLUE is stunning with the rich wood of the cabinets! I see way too much white, off white, ivory, in bloggers’ houses…I love color!

Wow! That is amazing….it looks phenomenal! I bet you just dance through the kitchen like a Disney character because your so happy with the turn out…I would! lol What is the piece over the window? Something you made, or had installed?

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